Buy 3, pay for 2 — use code TRIPLEUS at checkout.
Georges Bernanos
AuthorBooks · Second hand1888-1948
Louis Émile Clément Georges Bernanos was a French author, and a soldier in World War I. A Catholic with monarchist leanings, he was critical of elitist thought and was opposed to what he identified as defeatism. He believed this had led to France's defeat and eventual occupation by Germany in 1940 during World War II. His two best-known novels Sous le soleil de Satan (1926) and the Journal d'un curé de campagne (1936) both revolve around a parish priest who combats evil and despair in the world. Most of his novels have been translated into English and frequently published in both Great Britain and the United States.
236
Titles
13
Featured books
5
Curiosities
About Georges Bernanos
Birth
1888
Death
1948
First book
1929
Years writing
97
Louis Émile Clément Georges Bernanos was a French author, and a soldier in World War I. A Catholic with monarchist leanings, he was critical of elitist thought and was opposed to what he identified as defeatism. He believed this had led to France's defeat and eventual occupation by Germany in 1940 during World War II. His two best-known novels Sous le soleil de Satan (1926) and the Journal d'un curé de campagne (1936) both revolve around a parish priest who combats evil and despair in the world. Most of his novels have been translated into English and frequently published in both Great Britain and the United States.
Georges Bernanos was born in the heart of Paris in 1888 and became one of the most profound voices in French literature.
His masterpiece, The Diary of a Country Priest, is an undisputed benchmark of 20th-century spiritual narrative.
Beyond being a novelist, Bernanos stood out as an essayist and journalist deeply engaged with the conflicts of his time.
His stories, such as Mouchette and Joy, masterfully explore the complexity of the human soul and faith.
Throughout his prolific career, he wrote over two hundred works that reflect his critical vision of history and society.
